Replacement or reuse? The choice between demolition and life cycle extension from a sustainable viewpoint

What is better: renovation or new construction? Following the plenary debate on the ENHR 2007 conference in Rotterdam we continued our search for the answer to this question. The choice between reuse and replacement of existing buildings is a vital but very difficult one, involving a wide range of aspects and affecting contradictory and often...

Critical Factors Influencing Intra-operative Surgical Decision-making

The development of intra-operative surgical decision support systems requires a thorough understanding of the factors influencing the decision-making of surgeons in the surgical workspace. These factors are a construct of the surgical workspace which generate situation awareness and hence provide real-time information to guide intra-operative...

Policy analysis methodology

Introductory lecture on policy analysis and decision making, with a focus on decision makers in ports and harbours.

Porto More Resources Assignment Study

Description of a simulation game to study and simulate decision making in a port and harbour environment with both social as well as environmental problems. The simulation game has been developed for a course for Black Sea port managers.